Prolonged gestation does not extend survival of uterine Natural Killer lymphocytes in mice deleted in the receptor for prostaglandin F2α

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-129

  Croy, B Anne ^a   Chantakru, Sirirak ^a   Narumiya, Shuh ^b   Ichikawa, Atsushi ^b   Sugimoto, Yukihiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gestation; Null mice; Placenta; Uterus

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; DELETION MUTANT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DINOPROST; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN; UTERUS;

EID: 0034001618     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(99)00057-1     Document Type: Article

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